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sub•li•mate

Pronunciation: (—v.sub'lu-māt";—n., adj.sub'lu-mit, -māt"),
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[key]—v.,-mat•ed, -mat•ing,—n., adj.

—v.t.1. Psychol.to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
2. Chem.a. to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
b. to refine or purify (a substance).
3. to make nobler or purer: To read about great men sublimates ambition.

—v.i.to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.

—n.Chem.the crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.